Tunnell, Michael O.

Michael O. Tunnell is a children's book author and professor of children's literature at Brigham Young University.

Michael O. Tunnell was born in Nacona, Texas, raised in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, and moved to Vernal, Utah as a teenager. He graduated from three different Utah universities, earning a bachelor's degree from the University of Utah, a master's degree from Utah State University, and a doctorate in education from Brigham Young University. After teaching for twelve years in public schools as a fifth and sixth grade teacher, and reading teacher and media specialist in junior high school, Tunnell moved to the university level. He taught first at Arkansas State University and Northern Illinois University before becoming a professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Brigham Young University, where he teaches children's literature.

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